Corinna the échevin was hearing the complaint of a dairy farmer against a neighbor who she accused of witchcraft. Corrina had been made the local magistrate due to the fact that she had actually studied law at the royal university in the city. While the town wasn’t large enough to provide her proper judge’s robes, they appreciated her role in keeping the peace. “This is a serious matter,” she said gravely, “no one has been prosecuted in Plouffe for witchcraft in over 200 years.”
